2082, we don't need no education

Whoa! Who the heck are all these kids??? Let's see who all is growing up this year.

University (college freshman, age 19)

April Hutchins and Beau Jackson are such great friends. They really have a LOT of fun together! Because the whole world is fun and games to April, and well, pretty much to Beau too.

Just remember, it's all fun and games until... well, until somebody tries to make it serious, we suppose. Let's not make any promises we can't keep...

They could talk to Tyler about broken promises. Tyler Jackson should probably not be allowed to handle sharp objects. At least around small children.

He says, "Watch this kid. This is like what it feels like to have a dagger thrust into your heart."

Zachary Harris knows nothing of daggers or broken hearts, yet, so maybe Tyler can bring it down to his level.

Tyler says, "Don't worry, buddy, it'll come. It will come! It's like you're playing blocks, right? That's what you kids do, and she takes all your damn blocks away, every single one of them! And she says she wants to play blocks with other boys, but not you anymore. That's what it's like kids. Don't play blocks with girls, it's not worth it!"

Robbie says, "But what if she doesn't seem to want to play blocks with anyone? Like she almost seems 'anti-block,' but you really want to play blocks with her, like more than anything?"

Tyler says, "Huh?"

Junior High (sixth grade, age 12):

LOL, Robbie! This big man on his twelfth birthday thinks he wants to settle down with his favorite little girlfriend and live out his days in peace...

Well, hold that thought, Robbie, but just remember, you're only twelve. Twelve year-olds don't always (or even usually) think with their heads on straight ;)

Robbie McCullough is just about as nice a guy you could imagine. It kind of runs in the Deppiesse family to some extent (we're not sure what happened to his sister, Fiona). And everybody loves Robbie McCullough, so why not try to make one more friend?

He says to Angelo, "I like your shirt." And his cousins stand by to watch him be shot down in flames.

Delphie says, "We told you he wasn't nice."

Dakota says, "Yeah, we told you."

The Deppiesse twins are also very nice girls, though a little maladjusted at the moment.

Especially Dakota here, who has run into some anger issues on her twelfth birthday.

Ugh, just so mad!

Robbie McCullough
family/popularity, (straight) LTW: captain hero
+mechanical, niceness
- stink

Delphie Deppiesse
fortune/family, (straight) LTW: business tycoon
+ charismatic, niceness
- unemployed

Dakota Deppiesse
fortune/knowledge, (straight) LTW: max five skills
+ brown hair, formalwear
- red hair

Angelo Shaw might not want to be friends with Robbie, but he has another friend in mind to make. He remembers Ryanne from the festival last summer, and he says, "Lord, girl, you grew UP."

And we think it's a pretty safe bet he doesn't mean her height.

Grow up, she did indeed. Angelo notes that the view from behind is just as nice. But Ryanne is a spoiled little daddy's-girl, and her daddy has taught her to look for nice boys, which definitely rules Angelo out... at least for now.

Ryanne says, "Maybe call me someday when you get a job."

Too late, he's in love. Or well, love for Angelo at least. And if Angelo is anything like his own daddy, he'll love them all.

(Angelo has a really neat indent on his forehead that looks almost like a scar. No clue how it got there, but I think it suits him. We'll just have to imagine somebody's daddy or brother punched him in the face... it's bound to happen ;)

Angelo Shaw
pleasure/romance, (bisexual) LTW: woohoo 30 sims (OMG!!!)
+black hair, athletic
-fatness

Ryanne Phoenix
romance/?, (straight) LTW: space pirate
+ good cook, niceness
- unemployed

Early Elementary (pre-K, age 4)

Despite her name, Raine Nova is actually sunshiney sweet. She tends to thrive on attention and dramatics, though one day she'll have to tell her daddy she'd rather play tennis than be a performer. She enjoys playing with her best buddy Zach Harris, who is a little more subdued, but just as silly. They're joining the other leg of their little tripod, Elliot Miller, at Lake City preschool this year.

Felicity Watts hasn't had the privilege of making many new friends yet, besides her babysitter, Liza and her two baby brothers. She's attending preschool in Bluewater Township this year.

*** a true story of teenaged angst ***

They grew up into such sweet young ladies, didn't they? Let us note that both girls have nine nice points, because you would never guess it from what you're about to see.

Delphie embarks upon her young womanhood with a fresh attitude and a smile on her face, but not Dakota. No, Dakota has landed in a bit of a funk as she enters her teenage years.

Dakota grew up badly. She feels like utter shit, to use language that nice girls like Dakota have never used before! She feels rotten and she promptly bites her sister's head off!

Dakota says, "How dare you grow up better than me! We're supposed to be identical!"

"But we were never identical!" Delphie says.

"I know, that's the point! We're both alien, and you grow up looking normal and I look like a freak!"

"But you don't look like a freak," Delphie says. "I think you look beautiful."

"SO not nice! I'm telling mom!"

A little later, she wanders into her brother's bedroom to find Lucy, and gives Lucy "a piece of her mind." What did Lucy ever do to anybody??? (besides steal Vicky Garth's boyfriend...)

But you know Lucy, wide open heart of gold and all, she says, "It's okay, I know you didn't really mean it. Wanna play red hands?"

Dallas is thinking, Whoa, there is WAY too much estrogen going on in this house right now!

Kicking her own garbage can!

Ugh, the rage, the horrible fury! Puberty sucks! Somebody get this girl some Midol!!!

But then she cleans it up. You know, she is a tidy girl after all. She wouldn't want her own family to get roaches.

But holy cow! I'm going to have to put this girl on lockdown! She's seriously pissed off that I let her grow up badly, lol!